Overall we can group locations and other attributes into different spatial areas. For mapping many projects the exact location is not know or is not needed/wanted for a range of obvious reasons. This set of functions takes the location information from each of the datasets and creates a uniform location entry that aligns with the desired spatial scale.

Existing datasets

Manual postcode grouping

My grouping

Here I have created for groups: North Canberra, Central Canberra,…..

Manual grouping into four general areas….

From ABS package

This package allows aspects of this data to be linked with census and other data resources associated with this level of geo-spatial identification.

LGA_2016 equates to total of ACT

Another abs level

All current locations in cases

SA3 statistical Areas

SA1 statistical Areas

Table

Plot

SA2 statistical Areas

Table

Plot

Total ACT Census data

plotly

Overall we can group locations and other attributes into different spatial areas. Here I have created for groups: North Canberra, Central Canberra,…..

Manual grouping into four general areas….

From ABS package

This package allows aspects of this data to be linked with census and other data resources associated with this level of geo-spatial identification.

LGA_2016 equates to total of ACT

Another abs level

All current locations in cases

merged to our cases